How much of your time last month went into your art — and how much went into hunting for opportunities to show it?
If you're like most working artists, the answer is uncomfortable. Days spent scrolling open call aggregators. Evenings rewriting the same artist statement to fit yet another application form. And too often, after all that, a rejection — not because the work wasn't good, but because the opportunity was never the right fit in the first place.
Today we're announcing Sketchar Artists Agent — a tool that takes the searching, matching, and drafting off your plate, so the only thing left for you to do is the part that actually matters: your art.
What Artists Agent does
Artists Agent works like a diligent studio assistant who reads every open call so you don't have to.
A living database of 2000+ opportunities. Open calls, grants, art residencies, and festivals from the major aggregators, all searchable in one place — with new opportunities added every day.
Smart matching against your real profile. Fill in your artist profile once, and the Agent analyzes every opportunity against it: your medium, your experience, your location, the actual eligibility requirements buried in the fine print. No more applying to things you were never eligible for.
Pre-filled applications with AI-Match. For the opportunities that fit, the Agent prepares draft applications from your CV and profile. You review, refine the text in your own voice, and submit — in minutes, not days.
A smart morning digest. Wake up to a curated email of matched opportunities with applications already drafted. The Agent works while you sleep. Literally.
Humanized AI writing. Application drafts that read like you wrote them — because they're built from your CV, your statements, your voice. Not generic AI filler that jury panels can spot from across the room.
Why we built it
Since the beginning of our careers as artists back in 2008, we kept hearing the same story: the search for opportunities had become a second job. Days lost to research. Applications sent to calls that were never a match. And the cruelest part — all that time came straight out of studio time.
Our vision is that by 2030, every mural in the world will be planned and created with Sketchar tools.
The math didn't make sense. So we changed it. Artists Agent hands the routine to software and keeps the judgment, the voice, and the final word with the artist. You stay the author of every application. The Agent just clears the path.
Available now, in 10 languages
Artists Agent is available today for $9.99/month, with a 7-day free trial — enough time to fill in your profile, get your first morning digest, and submit your first matched application. The tool works in 10 languages, because opportunities don't stop at borders, and neither should you.
Part of a bigger picture
Sketchar has had one mission since the concept took shape in 2012 and the company was founded in 2016: to color the world with technology — building digital tools for artists. It started with the first AR drawing app, launched in 2016. It continued with Paint.Calculator, the paint consumption calculator for murals. Artists Agent is the next step. And it's only the beginning.
The world has plenty of walls. Let's get you the grants to paint them.
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